The CDC posted the guidelines for reducing risk of coronavirus infection, along with a second set for organizing and attending big gatherings such as concerts, sporting events, protests and political rallies.

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The University of Missouri-Kansas City has announced it will begin bringing back faculty, staff and students to its two campuses in Kansas City starting next week following its shutdown during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Missouri’s state health director on Tuesday confirmed that the state has been lumping together different coronavirus test results in a way that can be misleading, despite saying otherwise multiple times last week. The agency has been combining the results of ...

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Medical experts warn that the virus won’t take a holiday for the traditional start of summer.

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U.S. births continued to fall last year, leading to the fewest number of newborns in 35 years.

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U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved.

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A document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging outbreak has been shelved by the Trump administration. The 17-page report ...

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A federal judge has dismissed a suit brought by workers at a Milan pork plant against its owner, Smithfield Foods.

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Workers at a Milan pork plant are taking a new tack in their federal lawsuit against the plant’s owner, Smithfield Foods Inc., by alleging the company is not doing enough to protect workers from getting sick from COVID-19.

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The Missouri Supreme Court has enacted pandemic safety precautions for the July bar exam — if it takes place. In an April 28 order, the court said the exam set for July 28 and 29 is proceeding as scheduled at ...

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Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch in their classrooms. These are some of the recommendations offered in new federal plans designed to help restaurants, schools, churches and businesses ...

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